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INVENTORY OF GABRIEL MOUREY LETTERS RECEIVED 1887-1913,
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Title: Gabriel Mourey letters
received
Date (inclusive): 1887-1913
Date (bulk): 1898-1906
Collection number: 900251
Collector:
Mourey,
Gabriel, 1865-1943
Extent:
51 items
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Libary
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: The collection comprises 31 letters and
postcards sent to the French art critic Gabriel Mourey by 9 correspondents,
most of them Belgian artists. An additional 20 letters are from Emile
Gallé.
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Language: Collection material is
in French.
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Library Rights and Reproductions
Gabriel Mourey letters received, 1887-1913, bulk 1898-1906, Research
Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 900251.
Most of this collection was received in 1990. The Gallé
letters were received in a separate acquisition in 1990; the Huysmans letter
was received in 2000.
Processed by Onica Busuioceanu.
Photocopies of Emile Gallé letters are available in
repository
French art critic, editor and prolific author in various genres,
including prose, poetry and plays.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises 31 letters and postcards sent to Gabriel
Mourey by 9 correspondents, most of them Belgian artists. The topics include
their work in progress, participation in exhibitions, professional
organizations and events, autobiographic information, and grateful thoughts for
Mourey's help or appreciation. The correspondents are Louis
Abel-Truchet, Albert Baertsoen, Emile Claus, Maurice Denis, Henry de Groux,
J.-K. Huysmans, Fernand Khnopff, and Theo van Rysselberghe. Another group of 20
letters from Emile Galle? concern his artistic credo, his struggle to save the
recently created Ecole de Nancy, and his activities during the last years of
his life.
Arrangement
Arranged in 2 series:
Series I. Letters received from various artists
Series II. Letters from Emile Gallé
Painters—Belgium—Correspondence
Painters—France—Correspondence
France—Intellectual
life—19th century
Abel-Truchet, Louis,
1857-1918
Baertsoen, Albert,
1866-1922
Claus, Emile,
1849-1924
Denis, Maurice,
1870-1943
Gallé, Emile,
1846-1904
Groux, Henry de,
1867-1930
Huysmans, J.-K.
(Joris-Karl), 1848-1907
Khnopff, Fernand,
1858-1921
Rysselberghe, Théo
van